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This is Colm and Simon from CommerceGurus, with a handpicked weekly roundup of eCommerce articles.
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) will come into effect in June 2025, significantly impacting eCommerce stores that wish to operate within the EU, regardless of their location.
If you're conducting business in the EU, it's crucial to familiarize yourself with this legislation.
In the US, we have witnessed thousands of lawsuits filed against eCommerce businesses that failed to comply with similar regulations introduced in 2023. So it's not unreasonable to anticipate a similar scenario unfolding after the EAA comes into force.
However, complying with the EAA is not solely about avoiding fines; it also makes good business sense.
Making an effort to improve accessibility at your store allows you to differentiate yourself from slower-to-act competitors, providing you with a competitive edge.
Learn about the European Accessibility Act and its Impact on eCommerce
Smooth Generator is WooCommerce's open-source tool that helps you populate WooCommerce stores with realistic test data.
Instead of manually creating products, orders, and customers for testing, you can generate them automatically with just a few commands.
It creates a diverse set of test data to simulate a real store environment. Product names are creatively generated and use placeholder images.
This is a really handy tool if you want to test a development store in a realistic environment with hundreds of products quickly.
Discover the Smooth Generator Tool for WooCommerce
Elementor 3.26: Enhanced Performance
Elementor's latest 3.26 release focuses on improving website performance by optimizing CSS loading and the DOM structure.
Notable performance improvements include:
- Carousel-related Swiper styles now only load when a carousel widget is present, saving 26.7KB of CSS on non-carousel pages.
- Reduced CSS file sizes for faster page loads.
- Unnecessary wrappers from most widgets have been removed, reducing the DOM size.
- Simplified carousel widget markup by eliminating outer wrappers.
These enhancements make websites built with Elementor 3.26 even faster, leaner, and more efficient.
Learn More About Elementor 3.26
This article from Rest of World explores how WhatsApp, the world's most popular messaging app, is evolving from a simple communication tool into a major platform for businesses.
Initially focused on cheap and reliable messaging, WhatsApp is now a critical tool for businesses of all sizes, from small pottery shops to global corporations like L'Oréal.
Companies are using WhatsApp to connect with customers, sell products, provide customer service, and even conduct complex financial transactions like loan approvals.
This shift is driven by Meta's desire to monetize WhatsApp, which has historically relied on minimal advertising.
Meta is now actively encouraging businesses to use its suite of paid messaging products, including AI-powered chatbots and targeted marketing tools.
Read about How WhatsApp Ate the World
Chrome Wrapped 2024 highlights the newest CSS features launched in 2024. The website showcases 17 of these features that enhance web app development and user experience.
Some of the new features include the ability to animate elements to an auto height, style scrollbars, and size text inputs to their content.
While some features are still under development, Chrome Wrapped 2024 emphasizes the fantastic strides made over the past year.
Check out CSS Wrapped 2024
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